Afternoond Drive: "Canadian Jordan" set to pick a school and baseball at CU, CSU

Here are five college sports stories people are talking about on May 13:

1. Will Wiggins finally choose a school?

Focusing on positive Buffs news, men's basketball coach Tad Boyle had a huge weekend on the recruiting trail. Nationally, the top high school hoopster still hasn't decided where he'll play in college, which will likely be just for one season.

Toronto product Andrew Wiggins -- known as the "Canadian Jordan" -- has coaches drooling from coast to coast as they await his decision. Wiggins has called for a news conference on Tuesday morning. The 6-foot-8 forward played his high school ball in the states at Huntington Prep in West Virginia and is heralded as a future NBA star. Some of the big names in Division-1 (Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Florida State) lead the list of potential landing spots.

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While Wiggins won't be donning Colorado's black and gold, Buffs fans could have a chance to see him play when the Jayhawks visit Boulder on December 7 ... That is, if he chooses Kansas. As you can see in the video above, Wiggins is the real deal.

2. Happy Mother's Day, college football style

In what has turned into a game of college football recruiting one-upmanship, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen has raised the bar. Mullen sent a personalized letter to the mother of offensive lineman Chase Johnson, wishing her a happy Mother's Day.

Something of this nature isn't out of the ordinary in today's recruiting battle royale and it shows how important it is for programs to take an extra step to get young men to sign. Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre, your recruiting-ploy move.

Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops has questions about the strength of the Southeastern Conference. (AP/Matt Strasen)

3. Support for Stoops' anti-SEC campaign

Last week, Oklahoma football coach and Big 12 supporter Bob Stoops took shots at the Southeastern Conference. "You're listening to a lot of propaganda that gets fed out to you. You're more than smart enough to figure it out." Stoops said in an interview with the Tulsa World. "Again, you can look at the top two, three, four, five, six teams, and you can look at the bottom six, seven, eight, whatever they are. How well are they all doing?"

Showing solidarity in the Big 12, Kansas football coach Charlie Weiss came to Stoops' defense. "I'm just sayin', you look at the bottom of our league and the bottom of their league, just going based off the numbers, there's validity in what he said," Weis said in an interview with ESPN.com. "I'm just going based off the numbers, I mean, I'm a numbers guy. Just based off the numbers, you'd have to say he's got a point."

The numbers fueling this debate: 0-30. In 2012 the bottom eight teams in the SEC went winless against the top six.

4. Alford's new job at UCLA

CBS Sports blogger Jeff Borzello takes a look today at UCLA men's basketball coach Steve Alford. Alford joined the Pac-12 coaching ranks following New Mexico's departure from the Big Dance and brings a 463-235 record to the table.

The knock against the former head man of the Lobos is his 5-7 record in the NCAA Tournament. Alford has his work cut out for him in a Pac-12 that returns strong Arizona, Oregon and Colorado teams. UCLA also loses its leading scorer Shabazz Muhammad to the NBA draft. Former Bruins leader Ben Howland can attest to the short leash hoops coaches are given in Westwood.

5. College baseball on the Front Range

The Denver Post's Terry Frei shares his vision for more non-club sport baseball teams in the state, notably Colorado and Colorado State. Frei points out that Colorado "is the only school in the Pac-12 without an official intercollegiate baseball program."

The biggest factor holding the universities back from adding baseball? The all-mighty dollar. Facilities, equipment, scholarships and coaching staffs cost a lot of money, as well as the additions to travel budgets. CU has routinely said it won't add sports just to add sports, but some Buffs fans would surely like to see baseball reinstated after it was cut following the 1980 season.

Another hurdle for baseball on the Front Range is the erratic Colorado weather. The D-1 baseball season began on February 15 this year when the normal high temperature in Boulder is 45 degrees and a chilly 20 for the low. Throw in the late-winter/spring snow dumps and you have problems. If the sport's reinstatement became a reality, would the CU faithful brave the inclement weather to cheer on the baseball Buffs?